TCM Schedule for Fri, Dec 5, 2025: Agnes Moorhead Birthday/Musicals

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Agnes Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards.

Moorehead had joined Orson Welles' Mercury Players, as one of his principal performers in 1937. She also had notable roles in films such as Citizen Kane (1941), Dark Passage (1947), Show Boat (1951), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). Moorehead garnered four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performances in: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Mrs. Parkington (1944), Johnny Belinda (1948), and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). She is also known for the radio play Sorry, Wrong Number (1943).

She gained acclaim for her role as Endora on the ABC sitcom Bewitched which she played from 1964 to 1972. Her performance earned her six nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. For her role on the western series The Wild Wild West, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Full bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead


DAYTIME (EST):

6:45 AM | Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
A Norwegian farmer tries to raise two children in the Midwest.
Dir: Roy Rowland | Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig

8:45 AM | The Swan (1956)
On the eve of her marriage to a prince, a noblewoman falls for her brother's tutor.
Dir: Charles Vidor | Cast: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan

10:45 AM | The Woman in White (1948)
Classic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
Dir: Peter Godfrey | Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet

12:45 PM | Johnny Belinda (1948)
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Dir: Jean Negulesco | Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford

2:30 PM | The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
A possessive son's efforts to keep his mother from remarrying threaten to destroy his family.
Dir: Orson Welles | Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter

4:00 PM | Citizen Kane (1941)
The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his scandalous life.
Dir: Orson Welles | Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

6:15 PM | The Bat (1959)
A female mystery novelist turns detective to unmask a demented killer.
Dir: Crane Wilbur | Cast: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon



PRIME TIME, LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING

8:00 PM | Cover Girl (1944)
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Dir: Charles Vidor | Cast: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman

10:00 PM | New York, New York (1977)
An egotistical saxophonist and a young lounge singer meet on VJ Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, uphill climb.
Dir: Martin Scorsese | Cast: Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander

1:00 AM | Silk Stockings (1957)
A straitlaced Soviet agent is seduced by the charm of Paris and a high-stepping film producer.
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian | Cast: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige

3:15 AM | The Pirate (1948)
An actor poses as a notorious pirate to court a romantic Caribbean girl.
Dir: Vincente Minnelli | Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak